Paint can lid



W. A. TAYLOR PAINT CAN LID Aug. 4, 1959 Filed 001;. 29, 1957 .QVUM In Ta 5/ Z07 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent PAINT CAN LID William A. Taylor, Detroit, Mich. Application October 29, 1957, Serial No. 693,124 1 Claim. (Cl. 222-154) By way of explanation it might be stated that the annular channel in the top of a paint can in which an annular rib of a can cover fits, enclosing the can, becomes clogged with paint, particularly when the paint is used from the can, with the result that the cover will not fit the can properly and consequently the paint remaining in the can is exposed to the atmosphere and becomes hard and deteriorates to a point where the paint in the can is unfit for use.

It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to provide a paint can cover having an outlet or pouring opening and a filling opening closed by means of caps, thereby making it unnecessary to remove the can cover and expose the channel to collect paint during the transfer of paint from the paint can to the painters can.

Another object of the invention is to provide a paint can cover having a paint opening surrounded by an upwardly extended flange of a width substantially greater than the depth of the groove in the can top, so that the flange provides a pouring spout, which will direct paint from the can away from the groove in the can top to prevent the paint from clogging in the channel or groove in the can top.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and com binations of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a can cover constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the can.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the cap used in closing the air inlet opening in the oan cover.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the cap which closes the pouring opening of the can cover.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the paint can in which paint is shipped, is indicated generally by the reference character 5 and is provided at its upper end with a channel 6 in which the usual annular rib 7 of the can cover 8 fits, closing the can.

The can cover 8 comprises a disc-like body which is provided with an air inlet opening 9, and a pouring opening 10, the openings 9 and 10 having upstanding substantially wide flanges 11 which extend a substantial distance beyond the upper edge of the can 5, as better shown by Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The opening 9 is closed by the cap 12 which is provided with a hook 13 having a shank 14, the hook being designed to fit over one edge of the flange 11 to hold the cap 12 against displacement.

The cap 15 which closes the opening 10, fits over the outer end of the flange 11 of the opening 10 closing the opening, the cap 15 having a gage stick 16 which will indicate the quantity of paint remaining in the can.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shown and described, I have provided a can in which paint may be packaged for sale, the can having a cover formed with an annular rib adapted to fit within the conventional circular channel of the paint can, closing the paint can. The cover being provided with a pouring opening and an air inlet opening, permits the paint to be poured from the can in such a way that the paint will not collect in the annular channel of the can to clog the channel and prevent replacement of the can cover, as is common practice when removing the can cover in order to supplya quantity of paint to a painters can.

It will be seen that the annular flanges surrounding the openings of the can cover are such that paint poured from the openings may be discharged at a point beyond the edge of the groove and the cap closing the pouring opening may be readily replaced without interference by the paint.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is:

The combination with a can having an annular channel formed in the upper end thereof, of a cover for said can, comprising a disc-like body, a depending annular rib formed on said cover adapted to seat in said channel sealing the cover, said cover having a pouring opening spaced a substantial distance from the edge of said cover, an upstanding annular flange surrounding said pouring opening terminating a substantial distance above said channel and said disc-like body providing a pouring spout, a flanged cap for closing said pouring opening, said cap having a hook on the underside thereof adapted to extend into said can when said cap is in closed position and to engage over said upstanding flange when said cap is removed to prevent loss of said cap, said disclike body having a second opening therein comprising an air opening, a second upstanding flange surrounding said second opening, a second cap for said second opening, and a measuring stick extending from the under side of said second cap adapted to extend into the can substantially to the bottom thereof when said second cap is in closed position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,118,049 Pullen Nov. 24, 1914 1,431,768 Wyckoif et a1 Oct. 10, 1922 1,763,316 Miller June 10, 1930 1,987,055 Dival Jan. 8, 1935 2,715,982 Preston Aug. 23, 1955' 

